Necktie



V. NAFTALI June 1s, 1940.

NECKTIE Filed Feb. 18, 1959 INVENTOR Male/#me MQFML/ Patented June 18, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcs of thirty-three and one-third per cent to Rudolf Naftali, Pelham Manor, and thirtythree and cnc-third per cent to Henry Naftali,

New York, N. Y.

Application February 18, 1939, Serial No. 257,039

1 Claim.

This invention relates to neckties. More particularly my invention relates to an improved construction for neckties of the four-in-hand type.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide an improved necktie construction of the character described, which shall be so designed that so-called large ared end neckties may be so produced without the necessity of using more material than is customarily used for making four-in-hand neckties without such large ilared ends.

Another object of my invention is to provide a necktie construction of the character described which shall be so designed that the longitudinal stretching forces will be symmetrically aligned to provide the desired resilience.

Still another object of my invention is to provide an improved necktie construction of the character described which shall comprise relatively few and simple parts, which shall be relatively inexpensive to manufacture, which shall be easy to assemble, which shall be characterized by its neatness and which at the same time shall be a general improvement in the art.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exempliiied in the construction hereinafter described, and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one of the various possible embodiments of this invention,

Fig. l is an elevational view of the rear of a four-in-hand necktie constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a disassociated View of the parts that go to make up my improved necktie illustrated in Fig. 1, but of larger scale;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but illustrating such parts in assembled condition;

Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the method of laying out the necktie parts on a piece of material; and

Fig, 5 is a view similar to Fig. 1, with a portion thereof broken away, and disclosing the front of the necktie.

Referring now in detail to the drawing, there is disclosed a four-in-hand necktie construction in accordance with my invention and comprising a small tab l0 and a large tab II and an inter- (c1. z-iic) connecting neckband portion comprising a pair of symmetrical members I2 and ifi.

'It is Well known that when four-in-hand neckties are constructed oi" certain fabrics which are of the heavier type, difliculty is experienced by the wearer in tying the same due tc the fact that the thickness of the material of the neckband portion will be frictionally gripped within the folds of the collar. It is also well known that in making adjustments, asto the size and position of the knot a pulling strain is placed on the necktie in the direction of its longitudinal axis in order to overcome such frictional grip-ping. Such pulling strain may result in the distortion of the normal shape of the necktie. 1n order to overcome this disadvantage, `I have provided a necktie construction in which the neckband portion is a specifically designed independent niember which may be of different material from that of the tabs. Therefore the material of the neckband may be chosen from the type which is easily slidable within a collar. In accordance with my invention the necktie tabs are specifically designed as to peripheral contour whereby to provide a resilient balancing of the longitudinal pulling forces placed on the necktie when it is made up into a knot by the wearer. Also by providing an independent neckband member, the tabs may be made of relatively expensive material and the interconnecting portion of relative inexpensive material to thus reduce the cost of manufacture of the completed necktie.

As noted in Fig. 4 of the drawing, the tabs II] and II are so designed that they may be patterned on a strip of material M in such manner that there is a minimum of waste, thus effecting a great saving in the amount of material used. This is due in a measure to the arrangement of the pointed ends Y and X of the tabs I0 and II. As a matter of fact, I have found that with a necktie comprising the tabs out in accordance with my invention, and using a strip of 24" wide material, in 102 of length I can produce the same number of neckties as would ordinarily require 160 of the same width material, when the neckties are cut in the manner as heretofore practiced. y

The parts that go tomake up my necktie may be assembled as follows: The neckband members I2 and I4 are preferably constructed of trapezoidal shape and disposed with the sides D--F and B--G of the members I2 and I4 respectively in adjacent relationship. The sides D--F and B-G may slightly overlap if desired or they may be contiguously disposed and be stitched together by any suitable stitching means to form a unitary neckband member having triangular shaped notches at opposite ends thereof, the said notches being symmetrically arranged. The sides C-D and B-A are attached to the sides Q-Y and P-Y respectively of the member I0 so that the pointed end Y will be disposed at the junction of the points D and B. Similarly the sides E-F and G-H are attached to the sides X-R and X-S respectively of the tab II, and with the pointed end X disposed at the junction of the points F and G. When this has been done, there results a necktie blank as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing.

It is noted that the points X and Y of the tabs II and IU respectively are arranged in opposed relationship to each other and in line with the longitudinal axis of the necktie fabric blank as shown in Fig. 3 and also in alignment with the completed necktie, as in Fig. 5. When the tabs ID and I I and the neckband members I2 and I4 are cut on the bias, it is seen that a balancing of the resilient stretching forces will result along the longitudinal axis of the necktie.

The necktie may then be completed in any customary manner of making neckties such as for example, by folding the assembled fabric blank as shown in Fig. 3, longitudinally in half and either with or without a lining superimposed thereon sewing the adjacently disposed longitudinal edges of the necktie with a line of stitching on a machine or in any other manner to form a tubular necktie casing, after which the casing is reversed to form the completed necktie as shown in Figs. 1 and 5. It is noted that in the larger tab II the edge R-W will provide an extra are to the end of the tie, due to its angular shape with respect to the longitudinal edge X-R thus adding to the value thereof.

If desired, the assembled necktie blank shown in Fig. 3 may be sewn together by hand. In this event the said fabric may be folded along the longitudinal fold lines 202I and then joining the adjacently disposed folded edges in any suitable manner.

While in the drawing I have illustrated the neckband portion as comprising the two members I 2 and I 4, it is understood that my invention may be satisfactorily practiced by making the neckband member of a single piece of material.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several objects of this invention are achieved, and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiments above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

In a necktie of the character described, a pair of tab members bias cut to render them resilient to longitudinal stretch and spaced from each other in a longitudinal direction, a neckband member interposed between said tab members, the opposite ends of said neckband member being provided with notches extending inwardly from the said ends, the inner ends of said tab members being shaped to conform to and being received within said notches, said neckband member being connected to said tab members by stitching along the edges of said inner tab ends and said neckband notches, said inner ends of said tab members being arranged in opposed relationship substantially along the longitudinal axis of said necktie.

VALENTINE NAF'IALI. 

